quat

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Noun

quat (plural quats)

1. (obsolete) A pustule.
2. (obsolete) An annoying, worthless person.

Verb

quat (quats, present participle quatting; past and past participle quatted)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To satiate.
   • 1757, Samuel Foote, The Author, Act II, Scene ii, 1765, The Dramatic Works, Volume 1, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=uK0_AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA28&lpg=RA2-PA28&dq=%22quatted%22|%22quatting%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=_1FiCKSIY9&sig=jffofCMcFdSL9ZF_zuPAU_zrHXs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-NBJUNbVBsnImQX9noHoBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22quatted%22|%22quatting%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 28],

     Mrs. Cad. Well, come, begin and ſtart me, that I may come the ſooner to quatting——Huſh ! here′s Siſter ; what the deuce brought her !

2. (Scottish, dialectal, transitive) To relinquish, forsake, give up.

   Ye hae grown proud since ye quatted the begging. — Scottish proverb, said satirically.

3. (Welsh and Southwest England, dialectal, intransitive) To squat or crouch down.

Adjective

quat (not comparable)

1. (Scottish, dialectal, with "of") Free; no longer involved with; quit.

Noun

quat (plural quats)

1. (chemistry) A quaternary ammonium cation or compound.

Adjective

quat (not comparable)

1. Quaternary.

Noun

quat

1. Alternative spelling of khat.

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